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Damn wrestling was good in the late 90's.
This week we take a pure one-hit wonder and let you all bask in the glory that is the Otara Millionaires Club. You may know them as OMC, or you may say: “oh, you mean the song The Rock’s cousin sang? I remember that song!” And remember it you will. Makes no goddamn sense, but you will remember it. I mean, I guess it does if you pay attention to the lyrics (which I didn’t) or watch the video closely (which I didn’t). But I like to think about it as being about three people (The Rock’s cousin, the girl and the dude in the back seat) driving around in an old car and sending people to Hell with their eyes.
So watch the video and read the lyrics after the jump, or just look at this picture and realize that these people were making moves and starting grooves before you knew they were gone.
Which One is O? I bet the dude in the back is O.
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Below are two videos. There are a few things you need to know about them. In order for you to not feel alienated I’m gonna explain it. Then later if anyone asks you if you saw it/heard about it/know about it you can say yes. You should also tell them about this site and send me $50.00. So here is what you need to know.
- For those of you familiar with both the updated Battlestar Galactica and the Beastie Boys’ video: Sabotage just watch the video below and get a huge boner. Or a girl boner if you are a girl.
- For those of you familiar with the video but not the show, watch the video and appreciate how well they duplicated it using the shots from the show. Then go rent the show.
- For those of you who don’t know what the hell I am talking about, you need to know that Sabotage is one of the best videos of all time (the song kicks so much ass on its own that the video just makes it a little better). The geniuses who made this video used the song and pretty much duplicated it shot for shot but used clips from Battlestar Galactica. That may or may not excite you. If it does not, then…
- After the jump is a video that shows the two videos side by side. Then, even if you have no interest in either thing, you can still appreciate the technical merit. And if you can’t do that…as Jeff Probst says: “Head back to camp; I got nothing for ya.”
No shit – this gives me chills.
Goddamn that’s a good song. Side by Side after the jump.
So you figure you could tell that this was from the 90’s cause of the whole ‘90′ in the title. But the real story behind this song is George Michael from the late 80’s. Which is to say NOT the George Michael of the early 80’s when he was in Wham with Andrew Ridgely. Well, I guess he WAS Wham? I dunno. But I do know this.
He had that song Faith, which was catchy, and he was all tough guy gay with the stubble and the guitar and whatnot. Essentially he had thrown off all his…Wham gayness in exchange for jean jacket and big fat guitar gayness. And before you judge me about saying how gay he was, let’s just remember that his gayness is a huge part of who he is. People finally “figured out” that he was gay in 1998 when he was caught porking some dude in a public bathroom in London. But before that I guess there was some doubt?
So anyway – after he had the album where he was a tough guy he did this song. And if you figured the dude was straight, you would listen to it and say: wow he really is glad he doesn’t have to wear giant WHAM T-Shirts anymore or have that shitty fake stubble. But if you figured the dude was gay you would listen to it and think: fuck this dude prolly wishes that someone would catch him porking some dude in a public bathroom in London so he can stop pretending to be straight.
Also – if I was a straight rock star, I would get all sorts of hot models to be in my video but instead of me not being in it at all, the video would be about me banging them. You could set my coat on fire while I was fucking wearing it if it meant I could bang Linda Evangelista. Video and Lyrics after the jump. And Bonus! I included the Faith video first so you know what they are blowing up in Freedom. Dummies.
Yeah, I’m sticking with this acronym plan; watch out Dave! I think SMB could catch on. Seriously, I love Steve Miller Band and I heard this song the other day (on my Traveling Wilburys Pandora channel, if you can believe that!) and I had forgotten all about it. It is such a fun lil song and there’s nothing wrong with that. I would think my love for SMB would kill any perceptions I am a music snob. So I’ve destroyed Acadia’s theory and ruined any good opinion Talen might have had of me. That’s quite the artful move I just made there, eh? Video and more riveting commentary after the jump.
Sorry about the dead one. What can I do? Crop her out? That would be mean!
TLC was a good group. I guess you can’t call them a band cause they didn’t play any instruments? I dunno. But they sort of ruled over the 90’s as a trio of saucy yummy little sort of singer rappers. Well Left Eye, the one who died, rapped. The others I guess just sang? And…undulated. Check out the video after the jump. Undulation city. And it also highlights the pinnacle of 90’s video making style. Put reflective clothing on people, use a fish eye lens and undulate until someone sends you a check. Worked for Puff Daddy. Hey, what happened to Ma$e? Think he’s p$$ed that Ke$ha stole his gimmick?
Oh, btw – I was never a scrub. I always had a car, and even if I lived with my mom, our mansion was so big that she never knew I was there. So hear that Chili? Come over here and undulate. Not you T-Boz. You scare me a li’l bit. As usual, video and lyrics after the jump. Oh, and sorry that apparently people think it is fine to let you go to youtube to see a video but make sure all the ones you can embed have to be shitty quality and censored! If only I had a buddy in Bulgaria, he could do well hosting copyrighted shit over there…
